Windlass water-elevator.



No. 639,I49. I Patented Dec. I2, I899. T. S. COLEMAN. WINDLASS WATER ELEVATOR.

(Application filed. June 29, 189B.)

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T. S. COLEMAN.

WINDLASS WATER ELEVATOR.

(Application filed June 29, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT forms.

THOMAS s. COLEMAN, OF BRANDENBURG, KE TUC Y;

WINDLASS WATER-ELEVATOR.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,149, dated December 12, 18 9.

Application filed June 29,1899. Serial No. 722,249. (No model.)

improved means for automatically dumping the bucket during the lifting operation.

It is a further object of the invention to provide the Well-casing with a pivoted spout, which shall also operate as a closure for the casing, and to combine therewith mechanism for turning said spout upon its pivot in the lifting operation, whereby the bucket shall be caused to discharge its contents into the spout, and for automatically turning said spout to a closed position and locking the same in such position as the bucket is low- 1 ing the opening 2, and as the free ends of the ered.

Further objects of the invention relate to j the construction and combination of parts, 1 all as hereinafter more fully described, and 1 terior of the well or cistern until the arms 8 specifically pointed out in the claims.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation with the bucket and spout in their lowered position. Fig. 2 is a similar section showing the bucket and spout in a raised position. Fig. I 3 is a front elevation of the well-casing. Fig.

sides of the bottom of the spout and are located nearer the upper or discharge end of the spout than they are to the opposite end. The spout 4c is of a size to snugly close the opening 2 and tends normally to assume a perpendicular position by reason of the fact that its point of pivotal connection is nearer one end than the other. Secured in the spout 4 and extending across thesame and through the sides of the spout is a rod "2, which is also located above the center of said spout.

longitudinal,

The numerals 8 Q'indicate two arms, each side to the other of the casing. The projections 10 make acute angles with the arms 8 9, as shown at 12, and these angular projections 12 are adapted to rest against the front of the casing, and thereby serve as stops to prevent the arms 8 and 9 from passing beyond a horizontal position. In this position the spout 4 will occupy a vertical position, closarms 8 and 9 are inclose proximity to the rear The arms Sand 9 are parallel with the sides 6 of the spout and extend from one side of the casing it is evident thatthespout 4 cannot be turned to afford access to the inand 9 are lifted from a horizontal position. This can only be effected by raising the bucket, as will presently appear. In each arm 8 9 is provided a longitudinal slot 13, which slots extend nearly to the outer or free ends of said arms. Extending between the arms 8 and 9 and slidably mounted at opposite ends in the slots 13 is a cross-bar 14, having a central aperture 15, through which passes the rope 16, secured at its lower end in the top of a bucket 17. Said bucket is provided in its bottom with an upwardly-opening valve 18, which normally closes an opening in said bottom, and is provided with a stem 19, which projects below the bottom of the bucket.-

The numeral 20 indicates a cage or guard for the valve 18.

At a suitable distance above the top of the bucket the rope 16 is provided with a knot or stop 21, which is designed to engage the under side of the crossbar 14 as the rope is raised. Said rope passes over a grooved wheel 22 at the top of the casing and thence over a winding-drum 23, to which itis securedQ Said winding-drum is operated by a crank 24 and I has a ratchet-wheel 25,controlled by a pawl 26.

' on its pivot 3.

I charge into the spout.

The operation is as follows: As the drum 23 is revolved the rope 16 is wound thereon, passing upward through the aperture 15, and the stop 21 comes in contact with the under side of cross-bar let. The arms 8 and 9 will now be raised, the cross-bar sliding outward in the slots 13. This continues until the cross-bar reaches the ends of the slots, when the pull of the rope will operate to turn the spout 4 Owing to the pivotal connection shown and described the spout 4 will be moved toward a horizontal position with greater rapidity than the bucket rises, and the arrangement is such that when the rear end of. the spout has passed beyond the horizontal it will strike the stem 19, thereby raising valve 18' and allowing the water to dis- It will be seen that the operations described are all performed by the mere act'of winding the rope 16 upon the drum. When the rope is unwound, the parts automatically resume their normal positions by gravity. 9securely hold the spout from turning, as previously described, and thus prevent the possibilityof anything being thrown in the well. By snugly closing the opening in the casing I also prevent dust, leaves, insects, and the like from getting into the well.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a Windlass water-elevator, the combination with the casing, of a spout pivotally mounted thereon in a normally-vertical position and its pivot'being above the center, arms pivotally secured to said spout on either side thereof and below the said pivot, each of said arms having a longitudinal slot, a cross-bar slidably mounted in said slots and having a central aperture, a rope passing through said in this position the arms S and aperture and beneath said cross-bar having a stop, a bucket secu red on the lower end of said rope having an opening in its bottom, means for winding said rope, and a valve normally closing said opening and having a stem pro-' jecting through the same, whereby, when the bucket is raised to the top of the well, the spout will be turned to engage said stem and cause the contents ofthe bucket to be discharged into the spout, substantially as described.

In a Windlass water-elevator, the combination with the casing having an opening, of a spout pivotally mounted thereon in a normally-vertical position and when in such position adapted to close said opening, horizontal arms having upright extensions pivotally secured, respectively, on opposite sides of said spout, said arms extending from side to side of the casing and resting against the front thereof at the point of connection with such eX- tensions, for the purpose of locking the spout, 65 as described, and each of said arms havinga longitudinal slot, a cross-bar slidably mounted in said slots and having a central aperture, a rope passing through said aperture and beneath saidcross-bar having a stop, a bucket secured on the lower end of said rope having an opening in its bottom, means for winding said rope, and a valve normally closing said opening and havinga stem projecting through the same, whereby, when the bucket is raised to the top of the well, the spout will be turned to engage said stem and cause the contents of the bucket to be discharged into the spout,

' substantially as described.

G. O. FAIRLEIGH. 

